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been a strong means in the
Creator's hand of operating essential good in one of the most important questions for the welfare of our black brethren.
God bless and protect you and yours, dear madam, and certainly God's hand will remain with a blessing over your head.
Once more forgive my bad English and the liberty I have taken, and believe me to be, dear madam,
In answer to
Mrs. Stowe's appeal on behalf of the Edmonsons,
Jenny Lind wrote:--
My dear
Mrs. Stowe,--I have with great interest read your statement of the black family at
Washington.
It is with pleasure also that I and my husband are placing our humble names on the list you sent.
The time is short.
I am very, very sorry that I shall not be able to
see you. I must say farewell to you in this way. Hoping that in the length of time you may live to witness the progression of the good sake for which you so nobly have fought, my best wishes go with you. Yours in friendship,
While
Mrs. Stowe was thus absent from home, her husband received and accepted a most urgent call to the Professorship of Sacred Literature in the Theological Seminary at
Andover, Mass.
In regard to leaving
Brunswick and her many friends there,
Mrs. Stowe wrote:
For my part, if I must leave Brunswick, I would rather leave at once.
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